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Abraham, Plains of, fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis Montcalm. The battle decided the last of the French and Indian Wars French and Indian Wars, 1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. and led to British supremacy in Canada. Part of the battle site is now built over, but a part is preserved as a national park. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Soon after the arduous process of making The Far Shore, she made plans to adapt Margaret Laurence's book, The Diviners, and even considered directing a film about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. |
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